SEATBELT 6.4
TEQUESTA POLICE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ORDER
TITLE: USE OF SEATBELTS
GENERAL ORDER: 6.4
EFFECTIVE: October 1, 1998
RESCINDS: PO 403.02 (October 1, 1997
ACCREDITATION
STANDARDS: CFA 17.10
PAGES: 2
CONTENTS:
This order consists of the following numbered sections:
I. SEAT BELT USE AND RESPONSIBILITY
II. PROCEDURES FOR USE
III. GLOSSARY
PURPOSE:
To establish guidelines requiring the use of seat belts (occupant safety restraining devices) in department
vehicles.
SCOPE:
This order applies to all Police Department members.
DISCUSSION:
The use of seat belts can have a significant effect in reducing the number of deaths and the severity of
injuries resulting from traffic accidents, and assist officers in maintaining proper control of their vehicles during pursuit
or emergency high-speed situations.
POLICY:
All Police Department vehicles will be equipped with appropriate occupant restraining devices and said
devices will be used according to law and this order.
PROCEDURE:
I. SEAT BELT USE AND RESPONSIBILITY:
A.
Seat belts and/or shoulder harnesses (occupant safety restraining devices), except when exempted, shall be used
by all department personnel while operating or as a passenger in all Village owned vehicles.
B.
Department personnel should advise citizens who are passengers in department owned vehicles that seat belt
(occupant safety restraint devices) usage, by them, is mandatory.
II. PROCEDURES FOR SEAT BELT USE:
A.
Subjects who are in custody will be secured with a seat belt when transported in an agency vehicle.
B.
There may be occasions when the use of seat belts would have an adverse effect on particular functions. On those
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occasions, good judgment and common sense may provide an exception to this procedure when efficiency or
emergency outweighs the safety benefit.
C.
No person shall operate a department vehicle in which any belt in the front seat is inoperable.
III. GLOSSARY:
OCCUPANT SAFETY RESTRAINT DEVICE - A seat belt assembly that meets the requirements established under
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, 49 C.F.R. s. 571.208.
AGENCY VEHICLE - A motor vehicle owned or leased by the Police Department.
INDEXING:
SEAT BELTS
OCCUPANT SAFETY RESTRAINTS
Drafted:
RLG/January 14, 1998/ Filed: SEATBLT6.4
APPROVED:
Pete Pitocchelli, Chief DATE: November 05, 2011
Tequesta, Florida
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